Description

Princess Ava is upset! Angry she’s not allowed to get a new crown for her birthday, she sneaks into the castle gardens to hide.

As if it isn’t bad enough her family follows her when she wants to be alone, she spies the moon following her too.

But it’s not enough to make her go inside. That is, until she discovers what the moon’s job is. And what her mum’s job is.

A book about teaching our kids it’s OK to feel big emotions, and about being there for them when they do.

*Review*

“Such an important message in a society that still tends to portray the child’s crying as a problem or something to be fixed instead of cared for. I love the analogy of the moon lighting our way through the darkness and how the mother explained that it’s her job to love her children through the light and the dark, again affirming that our children need and deserve our unconditional love and support through their good and their bad, the happy and the sad.

“I also really like that it’s left open at the end, leaving the reader wondering if Ava will get her new crown or not, to avoid it reading that if a child runs away, the parents will shift their position as a way to put an end to the upset, whereas the important focus here is that the little girl’s heart changed when she let out her cry and felt all the disappointment she was fighting inside.”

Genevieve Simperingham
Dip. Psychosynthesis Counselling,
Certified Parent Educator and Instructor &
co-founder of The Peaceful Parent Institute

Genevieve Simperingham